November 21, 2006
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Balloon Blow Up Tomorrow Night
Get ready for some helium action! The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons will be blown up tomorrow at 3PM on the Upper West Side. The blow-up is basically all around the American Museum of Natural History - along at 77th and 81st Streets between Central Park West and Columbus. There may be a helium shortage (who knew?), but planners know and have taken that into account. Just be sure to bundle up.
The NY Sun had a great feature on the planning the Macy's team is doing with balloons and floats; their headquarters are at a former Tootsie Roll warehouse in Hoboken! And after unfortunate incidents of balloons falling into street lamps, which then fall into parade watchers, the city has implemented new parade safety rules. Which will come in handy, since Thursday is expected to be very windy. The two sisters who were hit by the falling lamp damaged by the M&M balloon last year will be back this year, getting the VIP treatment from Macy's. The Times-Union had this update:
Stephen Chamberlain said his family decided not to sue because there were no serious injuries. "Accidents happen," said Chamberlain, staff director of state Public Employees Federation. Had the lamp fallen "six inches either way, it would have been a much different story."Aw, cute.Instead, the family teases Sarah gently about her "Harry Potter" forehead scar, asking if it hurts when balloons fly overhead. On Halloween, Sarah and Mary dressed up as M&Ms.
And we present this photograph of Kermit the Frog, the Thanksgiving balloon, because he's been pulled (along with Charlie Brown) from the line-up this year. We'll miss you and your orgies, Kermit.
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Boycott Macy's. Macy's Killed my mother and raped my father.
it's supposed to be pretty windy tomorrow, not sure how many balloons we're gonna see.
Here is the eipc tale of the cold morning when I proudly helped carry the Barney balloon. And met Jeff Greenfield.
http://www.patricksauer.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=91&Itemid=1
I always hated that kermit the frog fucker. long live pickachu.
I went to the parade last year and it was the worst piece of crap in the entire world!!! First of all, you don't see them do shit. All you see the marchers do is march. All the singers do is wave. the only thing you see is balloons and little kids screaming. Second of all, When the marchers get to 34th street herald square they do crazy choreographed routines that are amazing and the singers belt out their songs and get everyone dancing. That's what you see on television. The Only problem is that Joe Q Public don't get to see that cause 34th street is reserved for the rich hoity toity and their offspring. Only the rich and well connected get to see anything cool at the parade. the poor only get to see marching and waving while the rich get to see singing, dancing, backflips, confetti, fireworks, brass bands, cartoons, celebrities, and all that cool stuff you see on TV. Very dissapointing.
somebody is bitter...
Don't blame me, I didn't vote for Bloomberg.
I'd hope to say I did have some influence in getting his "girlfriend" denied for the FDIC position.
NRA life member
All hail Kermit.
not having Kermit is an outrage.
To #5: Isn't the point of a parade... the parading? The song-and-dance is just to make it more entertaining for people watching on TV. The clown antics, the marching bands and baton girls with the frostbitten knees, the floats and awesome balloons... THAT'S the parade. It's very much geared towards little kids, who don't mind the cold pavement and crowds and have a blast watching all the exciting things go by. That excitement is why people go to the parade at all. Yes it's irritating that there's a VIP special show, but that's not the parade.